Polling You # 77, Preempts and Suit Quality, Losing Trick Count, Cover Cards

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In our continuing series on Losing Trick Count/Cover Cards and Self-Sustaining Suits/Suit Quality, we will take a look at everyone’s favorite bid, the beloved preempt.  After all, what’s not to love about making an obstructive bid with a long suit with less than an opening hand, right?   Well, like everything in our Bridge bidding arsenal there’s a time and a place for every bid under heaven.  Unfortunately, without partnership agreements and following a disciplined approach, you and your partner’s care and feeding of preemptive bids may or may not work in your favor.   So let’s see how the above mentioned tools can improve our Bridge prowess.
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Review – Losing Trick Count and Cover Cards

–         Prerequisite: 8+ card trump fit or self-sustaining suit

–         Ace-King-Queen are not losers in 3+ card suits

–         Generally, fourth card and beyond are not losers

–         LTC – CC equals losers, as 6 LTC – 3 CC = 3 losers (major suit game)

–         Extras: 5+4 trump, working Queens and Jacks, shortness

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